Wooden lug-strap.



T. E. TAYLOR. WOODENLUG STRAP. 9 AU .22

APPLICATION FILED G 1916- Patented Sept. 18, 1917.

TIMOTHY E. TAYLOR, 0F WEBSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

wo'onnn LUG-STRAP.

Application filed August 22, 1916.

To all wkomc't may concern:

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY E. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at ebster, in the county of WVorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Wooden Lug-Strap, of which the following is a specification.

his invention relates to a means for operating a loom picker stick and specifically to a substitute for the ordinary lug strap and link for connecting it with the arm which operates it.

he principal objects of the invention are to provide a more durable construction in place of the ordinary devices now in use, and especially to do away with the use of the lug strap which lasts only a short time and substitute for the same a wooden member which will not only last a great deal longer, but will also take the place both of the lug strap and of the link with which it is usually connected.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pickerstick provided with a preferred embodiment of this invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the lug strap modified by showing a strap 29 thereon;

ig. 3 is an elevation looking in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line H of Fig. l.

The invention is shown as used in connection with an ordinary picker-stick 10 and rocker arm 11. As ordinarily arranged, a picker-stick of this character is provided with a leather lug strap with an oscillating arm which operates it. The lug strap has a comparatively short life and has to be replaced at short intervals.

For this construction is substituted, according to the present invention, a member 13, which consists of a single integral piece of wood. This is flat and straight on one side and has an off-set portion 14 at one end, having within it or between it and the flat portion a vertical opening 15 for receiving the picker-stick. This opening in the part 14 is located entirely on one side of the member 13, but the parts 13 and 14 are integral. A block 18 is shown formed of a plurality of layers of hard and tough leather properly secured in position and located ad acent to Specification of Letters Patent.

connected by a link Patented Sept. 18, 1917. Serial No. 118,348.

one end and a cushion 19 is also shown at the other end.

In order to strengthen the device and prevent splitting with the grain, and also to secure the block 18 in position, rivets or bolts 20 are passed through the solid portions and the block 18. At the other end this lug strap 3 is provided with a bolt 21 by which is connected a removable member 22. This is formed of canvas layers glued together manner well known in this art or of leather pieces and adapted to be connected by a bolt 23 with the arm for operating this member, the arm not being shown herein. A strap 29 is shown in Fig. 2 for engaging said arm.

For the purpose of adjusting this wooden lug strap up and down the picker-stick, the following mechanism is shown. A U-shaped metal member 25 surrounds the picker-stick and is provided with a set-screw 26 for binding on the edge of the picker-stick and a plate 27 of combined leather and metal. This plate is provided with a strap 28 adapted to pass over the top of the member 13 and hold it in position, as indicated in Fig. 3. The plate 27 is formed of a piece of leather having a piece of metal provided with teeth, which teeth are embedded in the leather to hold the parts together. The strap 28 and the non-metallic part of the plate 27 can be made of leather or of canvas.

In the form shown the member 13 consists of a comparatively thin piece of wood which is bent upon itself by ordinary wood bending operations so as to form the olfset portion 14.

It has been found in practice that by the use of this device, a great saving in the expense of running an ordinary loom is obtained. The incessant replacement of In straps is entirely avoided and instead an arrangement is provided which lasts for months under the most severe usage and it also can be made at an expense which is not excessive. The device is found to be extremely durable and effective, it does not make any more noise than the ordinary construction, and results in a saving, of material, but in a large amount of time which is lost in replacing the old lug straps. Aside from increased durability the device than the ordinary leather lug strap because it cannot become elongated even slightly by usage and therefore operates uniformly.

Although I have illustrated and described only one form of the invention, I am aware the free endbeing secured to the main porof the fact that many modifications can be tion at the end of said passage.

made therein by any personskilled in the 2. As an article of manufacture, a lug 15 art Without departin from the scope of the strap comprising a Wooden member having 5 invention as eXpresse in the claims. Therea straight side bent around to provide an ofifore, I do not Wish to be limited to all the set at one end and havin a vertical passage details-of construction herein shown and de therethrough for the pic er stick, and proscribed, but What I do claim is z vided With a block at one end of the passage 20 1. As an article of manufacture, a lug and a cushion at the other.

10 strap consisting of a single integral thin In testimony whereof I have hereunto set Wooden member bent around to provide a my hand. I passage therethrough for the picker stick, TIMOTHY E. TAYLOR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, .D. G. 

